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UpliftUniverse

universe13 books1980

About uplift and aliens.

“No species, the Galactics insist, ever climbs to sapience alone.”
from the catalogue

Start with Sundiver →

includes Uplift, Uplift Storm

2312Novel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012

Hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization.

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Science fiction, set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue

Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender's Shadow, Ender Wiggin, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Set in galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue

Start with Consider Phlebas →

includes Culture

Heaven Chronicles / Zones of ThoughtSeries

series8 books1976

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future and space.

Start with The Outcasts of Heaven Belt →

CommonwealthUniverse

universe12 books2002

Science fiction and space opera, set in far future.

“Step aboard the train at the Second Chance terminal and ride the wormhole to another star.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Dreaming Void →

includes Commonwealth Saga, Void Trilogy, Chronicle of the Fallers

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